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Eleventh president ot the Society of 
The Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey 



DIGEST AND REVISION 

of Stryker's 
Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War 

for the use of 

The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey 

TOGETHER WITH 

a copy of the order on 

John Pierce, Esq., Paymaster-General 

to the Army of the United States 

payable lo Richard Cox, Treasurer of 

The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey 

signed at Princeton, N. J., September 23rd, I 783 

also a copy of the account of 

Richard Cox, Treasurer with John Pierce, Paymaster-General 

in connection therewith 

and a list of members with an exhibit of delinquent members of 

The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey 

made by Richard Cox, Treasurer, July 5, 1 788 

Revised and Compiled 

by 

James Wall Schureman Campbell 

President of the Society 



OFFICERS OF 



The Society of the Cincinnati in the 
State of New Jersey 



191 



PRESIDENT 

James Wall Schureman Campbell 

Freehold. N. J. 
VICE-PRESIDENT 

William Pennington 

800 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 
SECRETARY 

Lewis Dunham Boggs 

23 Warren Street, New York City 
TREASURER 

William McKnight Reckless 

Freehold, N. J. 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY 

Ulric Dahlgren 

Princeton, N. J. 
ASSISTANT TREASURER 

Paul Augustine Hendry 

1713 Montgomery Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. 






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Copyright, 191 1 

By THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI 

In the State of New Jersey 



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Roster of the New Jersey Officers of 

the Continental Line, Army of the 

Revolution, Who Were Eligible to 

Membership in the Society 

of the Cincinnati 



BRIGADIER GENERALS. 



* II Dayton, Elias. (Original member.) Colonel, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Colonel, 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; 
Colonel, Third Regiment ; Brigadier General, Continental 
Army, January 7th, 1783 ; discharged at the close of the war ; 
took part in all the battles in which the Continental Line of 
New Jersey was engaged ; commanded the Jersey Brigade after 
the resignation of Brigadier General Maxwell ; also Colonel of 
militia. 

Maxwell, William. Colonel, Second Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, November 8th, 1775 ; Brigadier General, Conti- 
nental Army, October 23d, 1776; resigned July 25th, 1780; 
commanded the "Jersey Line" during his entire term of ser- 
vice as a general officer, and took an active part in every bat- 
tle in which his brigade distinguished itself. 

COLONELS. 

Forman, David. (Original member.) Colonel, " For- 
man's Regiment," Continental Army ; also Brigadier General, 
militia. 

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6 COLONELS, LIEUTENANT COLONELS 

* Ogden, Matthias. (Original member.) Lieutenant Col- 
onel, First Battalion, First Establishment, March 7th, 1776; 
Lieutenant Colonel, First Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 28th, 1776; Colonel, ditto, January ist, 1777; Colo- 
nel, First Regiment; taken prisoner November 4th, 1780; 
granted leave of absence by Congress April 21st, 1783, to visit 
Europe ; discharged at the close of the war, 

* Shreve, Israel. (Original member.) Lieutenant Colo- 
nel, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 8th, 
1775; Colonel, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, No- 
vember 28th, 1776; Colonel, Second Regiment; discharged at 
the close of the war. 

* Spencer, Oliver. (Original member.) Colonel, " Spen- 
cer's Regiment," Continental Army, January 15th, 1777; dis- 
charged at the close of the war ; also Colonel, militia. 

White, Anthony Walton. (Original member. State of 
New York transferred to New Jersey.) Major and Aid-de- 
Camp to General Washington, October, 1775; Lieutenant 
Colonel, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 
1776; Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth Regiment, Light Dragoons, 
Continental Army, February 13th, 1777; Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant, First Regiment, ditto, December loth, 1779; 
Colonel, ditto, February i6th, 1780, and ordered to command 
all cavalry in Southern Army. 

Winds, William. Lieutenant Colonel, First Battalion, 
First Establishment, November 7th, 1775; Colonel, ditto, 
March 7th, 1776; discharged with battalion; Brigadier Gen- 
eral, militia, March 4th, 1777. 

LIEUTENANT COLONELS. 

Brearley, David. (Original member.) Lieutenant Colo- 
nel, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 
1776; Lieutenant Colonel, First Regiment, to date January 
1st, 1777; resigned March 17th, 1780, to accept office of Chief 
Justice of the State ; also Colonel, militia. 

Burr, Aaron. (Original member. State of New York.) 



LIEUTENANT COLONELS 7 

Lieutenant Colonel and Aid-de-Camp, staff of Major General 
Israel Putnam. 

Conway, John. (Original member.) Captain, First Bat- 
talion, First Establishment, November 21st, 1775; Captain, 
First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
Major, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, October 29th, 
1777; Major, Third Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel, First Regi- 
ment, to date March 17th, 1780; wounded at the battle of Ger- 
mantown ; discharged at the close of the war. 

* Gumming, John N. (Original member.) First Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Howell's company, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, November 29th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain 
Lawrie's company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, ditto, to date 
November 30th, 1776; Captain, Second Regiment; Major, First 
Regiment, to date April i6th, 1780; Lieutenant Colonel, Second 
Regiment, December 29th, 1781 ; Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant, Third Regiment, February nth, 1783; discharged 
at the close of the war. 

D'Hart, William. Major, First Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, November 7th, 1775 ; Major, First Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, 
ditto, January ist, 1777; Lieutenant Colonel, Second Regi- 
ment, September 26th, 1780; resigned. 

* Forman, Jonathan. (Original member.) Captain, 
Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment ; November 23d, 
1776; Captain, First Regiment, September 26th, 1780; Major, 
Third Regiment, November 20th, 1781 ; Lieutenant Colonel, 
Second Regiment, February nth, 1783; discharged at the close 
of the war; also Captain, militia. 

Lindsley, Eleazer. Lieutenant Colonel, " Spencer's Regi- 
ment," Continental Army ; resigned ; also Lieutenant Colonel, 
militia; Second Major, "Eastern Battalion" Morris, January 
i3th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, ditto; also Lieutenant Colonel, 
Continental Army. 

Rhea, David. Major, Second Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, November 8th, 1775; Lieutenant Colonel, Second Bat- 



8 LIEUTENANT COLONELS, MAJORS 

talion, Second Establishment; November 28th, 1776; retired 
September 26th, 1780. 

Smith, William. Lieutenant Colonel, " Spencer's Regi- 
ment," Continental Army. 

MAJORS, 

Barber, William. Ensign, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, October 29th, 1776; Ensign, Captain Ross's com- 
pany, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; resigned; afterwards Lieutenant and Aid-de-Camp to 
Brigadier General William Maxwell, January ist, 1777; Cap- 
tain, ditto, April 14th, 1777; Major, ditto, May 7th, 1778; 
:\[ajor and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Lord Stirling, Oc- 
tober, 1778; wounded at the siege of Yorktown ; discharged at 
the close of the war. 

Bloomfield, Joseph. (Original member.) Captain, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Major, 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment ; November 28th, 
1776; resigned October 29th, 1778, to accept civil office; was 
Judge Advocate Northern Army, November, 1776. 

* Bowman, xN^athaniel. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Faulkner's company. Second Battalion, First 
Establishment, November 13th, 1775; First Lieutenant, Cap- 
tain Dillon's company, ditto. May loth, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
Captain Anderson's company. Second Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, November 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Dil- 
lon's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Captain, Second Bat- 
talion, ditto. September nth, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment, 
September 26th, 1780; Major by brevet; Major, Third Regi- 
ment, February nth, 1783; discharged at the close of the war. 

* X Bruen, Jeremiah. (Original member. Dropped from 
Rolls. 1806.) Captain, " Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers." 
Continental Army, March 2d, 1777; Major, ditto, November 
1 2th, 1779. 

Burnet, Ichabod. (Original member State of Georgia.) 
Major and Aid-de-Camp, Continental Army, January 9th. 1778. 

* Burrowcs, John. (Original member.) Captain, " For- 



MAJORS 9 

man's Regiment," Continental Army; Captain, "Spencer's 
Regiment," Continental Army, January ist, 1777; Major, ditto, 
July 22d, 1779; discharged at the close of the war. 

* Cox, Richard. (Original member.) Second Lieutenant, 
Captain Ross's company, Third Battalion, First Establishment, 
February 9th, 1776; First Lieutenant, ditto, October 29th, 
1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Ross's company. Third Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, 
ditto, January ist, 1777; Captain, Third Regiment, September 
23d, 1780; Captain, First Regiment; Brigade Major to Briga- 
dier General William Maxwell ; Major, Second Regiment, Janu- 
uary 6th, 1783; discharged at the close of the war. 

Doughty, John. (Original member State of New York, 
transferred to New Jersey, 1793.) Captain, Third Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, Third 
Battalion, ditto; resigned; Captain Lieutenant, Eastern Artil- 
lery Company State Troops, May 9Lh, 1776; Captain, Second 
Continental Regiment Artillery, January ist, 1777; Aid-de- 
Camp to Major-General Schuyler, 1777; Colonel and Aid-de- 
Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, etc., etc. 

Hollinshead, John. (Original member.) First Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Lawrie's company, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, November 27th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain 
Brearley's company. Second Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, ditto, Febru- 
ary 5th, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment; Major, Third Regi- 
ment, to date July 5th, 1779; resigned November 20th, 1781. 

Howell, Richard. (Original member.) Captain, Second 
Battalion, First Establishment, November 29th, 1775; Brigade 
Major, September 4th, 1776; Major, Second Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Major, Second Regi- 
ment, resigned, to date April 7th, 1779. 

* Ogden, Aaron. (Original member.) Paymaster, First 
Battalion, First Establishment, December 8th, 1775 ; Paymas- 
ter, First Battalion, Second Establishment, February ist, 1777; 
resigned as Paymaster April ist, 1778; Captain-Lieutenant, 
First Regiment; Captain, ditto, to date February 2d, 1779; 



10 MAJORS, ADJUTANTS 

Brigade Major and Inspector and Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier 
General William Maxwell, April ist, 1778; discharged at the 
close of the war. 

Polhemus, John. (Original member. Dropped from Rolls 
1793.) Captain, First Battalion, First Establishment, Novem- 
ber 22d, 1775 ; Captain, First Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; Major, ditto; retired September 26th, 
1780. 

* Reading, Samuel. (Original member.) First Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Stout's company, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December i8th, 1775; taken prisoner at Three Riv- 
ers, June 8th, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, February 5th, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment, to 
date January ist, 1777; Major, First Regiment, December 
29th, 1781 ; discharged at the close of the war. 

Ross, John. (Original member.) Captain, Third Bat- 
talion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Captain, 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
Captain, Third Regiment; Major, Second Regiment, to date 
April 7th, 1779; promoted Brigade Major and Inspector, Jersey 
Brigade ; discharged at the close of the war ; also Lieutenant 
Colonel, militia. 

ADJUTANTS. 

* Halsey, Luther. (Orig'inal member.) Serjeant, Sec- 
ond Battalion, First Establishment ; Adjutant, Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieuten- 
ant and Adjutant, Second Regiment, to date November 9th, 
1777 ; discharged at the close of the war ; Captain by brevet. 

King, Joseph. Adjutant, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, November 28th, 1776; wounded and taken pris- 
oner, June 26th, 1777, at Short Hills, Essex county. New Jer- 
sey ; retired September 26th, 1780; afterwards Paymaster, Con- 
tinental Army; also Adjutant, militia. 

Shippard, Samuel. Adjutant, Third Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, February 9th, 1776; Adjutant, Third Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieutenant and 



ADJUTANTS, QUARTERMASTERS ii 

Adjutant, Third Regiment, to date November 12th, 1777; 
Lieutenant, First Regiment; resigned to date July 7th, 1780. 
* Whitlock, Ephraim. (Original member.) Ensign, 
Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 
1776; Ensign, Captain Forman's company, ditto, February 
17th, 1777; Second Lieutenant, ditto; First Lieutenant, ditto, 
November 23d, 1777; Lieutenant, First Regiment, to date 
August ist, 1779; Lieutenant and Adjutant, ditto; discharged 
at the close of the war; Captain by brevet; also Ensign, 
militia. 

QUARTERMASTERS. 

Clark, Joseph. Quartermaster, staff of Major General 
Adam Stephens. 

Darby, Ephraim. (Original member.) Private, Fourth 
Battalion, Second Establishment ; Quartermaster, ditto, Feb- 
ruary 17th, 1777; Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Third Regi- 
ment, to date November 12th, 1777; Lieutenant, First Regi- 
ment ; discharged at the close of the war ; Captain by brevet ; 
also Captain, militia. 

Douglass, Ephraim. Quartermaster, staff of Major Gen- 
eral Lord Stirling; taken prisoner at Bushwick, Long Island, 
August 27th, 1776. 

Ford, Chilleon. (Original member.) Second Lieuten- 
ant, " Lamb's Artillery," (Second Regiment Artillery), Conti- 
nental Army, April loth, 1777; Quartermaster, ditto, August 
I St, 1779. 

Lott, Peter. Ensign, First Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment ; Second Lieutenant, ditto ; Ensign and Quartermaster, 
First Regiment ; Lieutenant and Quartermaster, ditto, to date 
February 25th, 1778; resigned, to date March 27th, 1780. 

McEwen, John. Serjeant, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army, February ist, 1777; Ensign, ditto. May 12th, 
1779; Lieutenant and Quartermaster ditto, July loth, 1779; dis- 
charged at the close of the war. 

Ogden Nathaniel. Quartermaster, Continental Army. 

Periam, Joseph. Quartermaster, First Battalion, Second 



12 QUARTERMASTERS, PAYMASTERS, SURGEONS 

Establishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
1780. 

Smith, Israel. Captain and Quartermaster, General 
Heard's Brigade, Continental Army, March ist, 1779; also As- 
sistant Quartermaster, Quartermaster's Department. 

PAYMASTERS. 

* Shute, William. (Original member.) Captain and 
Paymaster, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 
28th, 1775; Captain and Paymaster, Second Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 177B; resigned April 2d, 1778; 
appointed Ensign and Paymaster, Second Regiment, to date 
June 17th, 1780; discharged at the close of the war; Captain 
by brevet. 

Spencer, Robert. Paymaster, " Spencer's Regiment,"' Con- 
tinental Army. 

SURGEONS. 

Barnet, William M. Surgeon, First Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, December 8th, 1775; Surgeon, First Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Surgeon, First 
Regiment ; resigned. 

Bloomfield, Moses. Surgeon, United States Hospital, 
Continental Army, May 14th, 1777. 

Burnet, William. (Original member.) Chief Physician 
and Surgeon, General Hospital, Continental Army; also Sur- 
geon, militia. 

Burnet, William, Jr. Surgeon, General Hospital, Conti- 
nental Army. 

Campbell, George [W]. (Original member.) Surgeon, 
Hospital of Flying Camp, Continental Army, April nth, 1777. 

* Campfield, Jazeb. (Original member.) Surgeon. 
"Spencer's Regiment." Continental Army, January ist, 1777; 
Senior Physician, Continental Army ; discharged at the close 
of the war. 



SURGEONS 13 

Cochran, John. Surgeon General in General Hospital, 
April nth, 1777; Chief Physician and Surgeon to the Army, 
October 19th, 1780. 

Dunham, Lewis F. (Original member.) Surgeon, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment, February 21st, 1776; Surgeon, 
Third Battalion, Second EstabHshment, November 28th, 1776; 
Surgeon, Third Regiment, resigned. 

* Elmer, Ebenezer. (Original member.) Ensign, Cap- 
tain Bloomfield's company. Third Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, February 9th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, ditto, April 9th, 
1776; Surgeon's Mate, Third Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment, November 28th, 1776; transferred to Second Battalion, 
ditto; Surgeon, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, July 
5th, 1778; Surgeon, Second Regiment, September 26th, 1780; 
discharged at the close of the war. 

Ervin, David. Surgeon, First Regiment, September 26th, 
1780; also Surgeon's Mate, militia. 

* Harris, Jacob. (Original member.) Surgeon's Mate, 
First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; 
Surgeon's Mate, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, Feb- 
ruary 26th, 1777; Surgeon's Mate, First Regiment, September 
26th, 1780; Surgeon, Third Regiment, November i6th, 1782; 
discharged at the close of the war. 

McCarter, Charles. Surgeon, " Morgan's Rifle Corps," 
Continental Army, June loth, 1777. 

Otto, Frederick. Surgeon in General Hospital, May ist, 

^777- 

Reed, Thomas. Surgeon, " Livingston's Regiment," Con- 
tinental Army, December i8th, 1776. 

Riker, John B. Surgeon, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
1780. 

Scott, Moses. Surgeon in General Hospital, Continental 
Army; also Surgeon, militia. 

Tunison, Garret. Surgeon, " Lamb's Artillery," (Second 
Regiment Artillery), Continental Army; discharged at the 
close of the war. 



14 SURGEONS, SURGEONS' MATES, CHAPLAINS 

Vickars, Samuel. Surgeon's Mate in General Hospital, 
Continental Army; Surgeon, ditto, April 14th, 1777. 

Wilson, Lewis. Surgeon's Mate in General Hospital, 
Continental Army, January, 1778; Surgeon, ditto, June 30th, 
1779. 

Witherspoon, John. Surgeon in General Hospital, Conti- 
nental Army. SURGEONS' MATES. 

* Appleton, Abraham. (Original member.) Surgeon's 
Mate, Second Battalion, First Establishment, December 21st, 
1775 ; discharged with battalion. (See, also, Lieutenants.) 

Ball, Stephen. Surgeon's Mate, First Regiment, Septem- 
ber 26th, 1780; resigned. 

Dorsey, John. Surgeon's Mate, " Spencer's Regiment," 
Continental Army, January ist, 1777. 

* % Elmer, Moses G. (Original member.) Surgeon's 
Mate, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, August 28th, 
'11778; Surgeon's Mate, Second Regiment, September 26th, 
1780; discharged at the close of the war. 

Henry, Robert R. Surgeon's Mate in General Hospital, 
Continental Army, March 17th, 1777. 

Loree (or Loring), Ephraim. Surgeon's Mate, Third Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Surgeon's 
Mate, Third Regiment, September 26th, 1780; resigned. 

Morris, Jonathan F. Surgeon's Mate in General Hospital, 
Continental Army, March 6th, 1780; also Lieutenant, " Proc- 
tor's Regiment of Artillery," Continental Army ; also Surgeon, 
militia. 

Read, Thomas C. Surgeon's Mate, Third Battalion, First 
Establishment, February 9th, 1776; discharged with battalion. 

Stockton, Ebenezer. (Original member.) Surgeon's 
Mate in General Hospital, Continental Army, September 20th, 

^'^'^'^' CHAPLAINS. 

Armstrong, James F. (Original member.) Chaplain, 
Second Maryland Brigade, Continental Army, July 17th, 1778; 
also private, militia. 



CHAPLAINS, COMMISSARY-GENERALS, CAPTAINS 15 

Cox, . Chaplain, First Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Hunter, Andrew. (Original member.) Chaplain, Third 
Battalion, Second Establishment, June ist, 1777; Chaplain to 
General Maxwell's Brigade, June 15th, 1777; Chaplain, Third 
Regiment and Brigade, September 26th, 1780; taken prisoner; 
discharged at the close of the war ; also Chaplain, militia. 

Mason, John. Chaplain, Continental Army ; discharged 
at the close of the war; also Chaplain, militia. 

McWhorter, Alexander. Chaplain of Division, Conti- 
nental Army. 

Spencer, Elihu. Chaplain in Hospital, Middle District, 
Continental Army, October 20th, 1777. 

COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS. 

Beatty, John. (Original member.) Commissary-General 
of Prisoners, May 28th, 1778; resigned March 31st, 1780; Cap- 
tain, Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion, Continental Line, October 
I2th, 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 
1 6th, 1776. 

COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF ISSUES. 

Stewart, Charles. Colonel, Battalion Minute Men, New 
Jersey Militia, February 15th, 1776; Commissary-General, New 
Jersey Militia; Commissary-General of Issues, Continental 
Army, June i8th, 1777, to July, 1782. 

CAPTAINS. 

Anderson, John. First Lieutenant, Captain Reading's 
company. Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 
7th, 1776; resigned; Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780; 
also Captain, militia. 

Anderson, Joseph I. Ensign, Captain Sharp's company, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment; Second Lieutenant, 



i6 CAPTAINS 

ditto, July 19th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Mott's com- 
pany. Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; Captain, ditto, October 26th, 1777; Captain, Third Regi- 
ment ; Captain and Paymaster, Third Regiment, to date April 
Tst, 1779; Captain, First Regiment; discharged at the close 
of the war. 

X Baldwin, Daniel. (Original member.) First Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Morris' company. First Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, November 8th, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; severely wounded — lost 
a leg at the battle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777; dis- 
charged March ist, 1779. 

* Ballard, Jeremiah. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Reading's company. Third Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, February 17th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain 
Doughty 's company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto, October 26th, 1777; Cap- 
tain, Third Regiment, September 23d, 1780; Captain, Second 
Regiment ; discharged at the close of the war. 

* Barton, William. (Original member.) Ensign, Fourth 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Second 
Lieutenant, Captain Lyon's company, ditto, February 17th. 
1777; First Lieutenant, ditto; Lieutenant, First Regiment, to 
date November ist, 1777; Quartermaster, ditto, to date March 
nth, 1780; Captain, ditto, December 27th, 1781 ; discharged at 
the close of the war. 

Bond, William. Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
1780; also Lieutenant Colonel, militia. 

Bonnel, James. (Original member.) Lieutenant, " Spen- 
cer's Regiment," Continental Army, February ist, 1777; Adju- 
tant, ditto, September ist, 1778; Captain, ditto, April 24th, 
1779; discharged at the close of the war; also Captain, militia. 

Brearley, Joseph. Captain, Second Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, November 20th, 1775; Captain, Second Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired Febru- 
ary 5th, 1777; also Major, militia. 



CAPTAINS 17 

Broderick, James. Captain, " Spencer's Regiment," Con- 
tinental Army, February i8th, 1777; resigned; also Major, mili- 
tia; Captain, First Regiment, Sussex; Captain, Third Battalion, 
ditto ; First Major, Second Regiment, Sussex, February 28th, 
1777; resigned; also Captain, Continental Army. 

Bull, William. Captain, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army. 

Clark, Thomas. First Lieutenant, Eastern Company of 
Artillery, State Troops, March ist, 1776; Captain-Lieutenant, 
ditto; Captain, ditto, January 8th, 1778. Officers in this artil- 
lery served in General Knox's brigade of artillery during the 
war. 

Colfax, William. Lieutenant in "Commander-in-Chief's 
Guard," Continental Army ; Captain, ditto. 

Craig, John. Captain, " Fourth Regiment, Light Dra- 
goons," Continental Army. 

Crane, William. Lieutenant, " Spencer's Regiment," Con- 
tinental Army; Captain, ditto, March, 1777. 

* Dayton, Jonathan. (Original member.) Paymaster, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 1776; 
Paymaster, Third Battalion, Second Establishment ; Lieuten- 
ant and Paymaster, Third Regiment, to date February ist, 
1779; Major and Aid-de-Camp to Major-General Sullivan, May 
ist, 1779; Captain, Third Regiment, to date March 30th, 1780; 
prisoner of war, November 4th, 1780; Captain, First Regiment; 
discharged at the close of the war. 

* D'Hart, Cyrus. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 
Daniel Piatt's company. First Battalion, First Establishment, 
September i8th, 1776; Lieutenant and Paymaster, First Regi- 
ment; Captain-Lieutenant, ditto, to date March nth, 1780; 
Captain, ditto, January ist, 1781 ; Captain, Second Regiment; 
discharged at the close of the war. 

Dickerson, Peter. Captain, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
Hshment, February 7th, 1776; Captain, Third Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired September 
26th, 1780. 



i8 CAPTAINS 

Dillon, James. First Lieutenant, Captain Faulkner's com- 
pany, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 13th, 
1775; Captain, Second Battalion, First Establishment, May 
loth, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Edgar, David. First Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 28th, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
Captain Lyon's company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; Captain, 
ditto; resigned; Lieutenant, " Sheldon's Regiment, Light Dra- 
goons," Continental Army ; Captain, ditto, November 27th, 
1778; discharged at the close of the war; also First Lieutenant, 
militia. 

Elmer, Eli. (Original member.) Second Lieutenant and 
Captain, Western Company of Artillery, New Jersey State 
Troops; First Lieutenant, ditto, February ist, 1777. (Offi- 
cers of this artillery served in General Knox's brigade of artil- 
lery during the war.) 

Flahaven, John. Second Lieutenant, Captain Daniel 
Piatt's company. First Battalion, First Establishment, Decem- 
ber i6th, 1775 ; Second Lieutenant, Captain Conway's com- 
pany. First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; prisoner of war, April 22d, 1777; Captain, First Regi- 
ment, September 26th, 1780; resigned. 

Flanningham (or Flanagan), Samuel. First Lieutenant, 
Captain Sharp's company, Third Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, February 9th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Dicker- 
son's company. Third Battalion, Second Establishment, No- 
vember 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto, retired; also Major, militia. 

Foreman, Thomas M. Captain, Continental Army. 

Gifford, William. Second Lieutenant, Captain Bloom- 
field's company, Third Battalion, First Establishment, Febru- 
ary 7th, 1776; First Lieutenant, ditto; Captain, Third Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, 
Third Regiment; prisoner of war, January 30th, 1780; re- 
signed. 

* Heard, James. (Original member.) Cornet, " Lee's Le- 
gion," Continental Army, April ist, 1779; Lieutenant and Pay- 



CAPTAINS 19 

master, ditto, February 1st, 1780; Captain, ditto; discharged 
at the close of the war. 

* Heard, John. (Original member.) Lieutenant, " Moy- 
lan's Regiment," Continental Army, January 20th, 1777; Cap- 
tain, ditto, February 8th, 1778; also Second Lieutenant, militia. 
(Eastern Company of Artillery.) 

* Helms, William. (Original member.) Ensign, Second 
Battalion, First Establishment, November 7th, 1775 ; Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Shaw's company, ditto, December 25th, 1775 ; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, Captain Brearley's company. Second Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
Captain Luce's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Captain, 
ditto, December ist, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment, Sep- 
tember 26th, 1780; Major by brevet; discharged at the close of 
the war; also Captain, militia. 

* Hendry, Samuel. (Original member.) Ensign, Cap- 
tain Lawrie's company. Second Battalion, First Establishment, 
November 27th, 1775 ; Second Lieutenant, ditto, September 
5th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Stout's company, Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
First Lieutenant, Captain Anderson's company, ditto, Febru- 
ary 5th, 1777; Captain-Lieutenant, Second Regiment; Captain, 
ditto, to date July 5th, 1779; discharged at the close of the war. 

Hennion, Cornelius. Ensign, Captain Potter's company, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 1776; Sec- 
one Lieutenant, ditto, July 19th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Cap- 
tain Gifford's company. Third Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto; severely wounded 
at Short Hills, New Jersey, June 26th, 1777, and discharged 
on account of wounds, April ist, 1778. 

Herron, James. Captain, " Congress' Own Regiment," 
Continental Army. 

Holmes, James. Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
1780; also Captain, militia. 

* Holmes, John. (Original member.) Second Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Longstreet's company, First Battalion. First Es- 



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20 CAPTAINS 



lablishment, December i6th, 1775 ; Second Lieutenant, Captain 
Polhemus' company, First Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; Captain, First Regiment, to date Febru- 
ary ist, 1779; discharged at the close of the war. 

■"'•' Holmes. Jonathan. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
28th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Forman's company, 
ditto, February 17th, 1777; First Lieutenant, ditto; Lieutenant, 
Second Regiment; Captain, ditto, to date April i6th, 1780; 
prisoner of war; discharged at the close of the war; also Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, militia. 

* Howell, John. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 
Howell's company. First Battalion, Second Establishment, No- 
t^ember 2Qth, 1776; Lieutenant, First Regiment, to date Octo- 
ber 29th, 1777; Captain, ditto, November 20th, 1781 ; discharged 
at the close of the war. 

Howell, Silas. Captain, First Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, November 14th, 1775 ; Captain, First Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
178c. 

Imlay, William Eugene. Captain, Third Battalion, First 
Establishment, February 7th, 1776; discharged with battalion; 
also Captain, militia. 

Kinsey, Jonathan. Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
1780; also Captain, militia. 

Kirkpatrick, David. Lieutenant, "Spencer's Regiment," 
Continental Army; Captain, ditto. 

* Lane, Derrick. (Original member.) Second Lieuten- 
ant, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 
1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Hollinshead's company. Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment, February 5th, 1777; 
Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Second Regiment, to date 
April 3d, 1779; Captain-Lieutenant, ditto, to date July 5th, 
1778; Captain, ditto, February nth, 1783; discharged at close 
of the war ; also Second Lieutenant, militia. 

* Leonard, Nathaniel. (Original member. Dropped from 



CAPTAINS 21 

Rolls 1799.) Ensign, Captain Sharp's company, Third Bat- 
talion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Gordon's company. Third Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, ditto, 
October ist, 1777; Lieutenant, Third Regiment; Captain-Lieu- 
tenant, First Regiment, March 30th, 1780; Captain, Third 
Regiment, September 6th, 1781 ; discharged at the close of the 
war ; also Captain, militia. 

Lloyd, Bateman. First Lieutenant, Captain Kinsey's 
company, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, February 
17, 1777; Captain, ditto, November 12th, 1777; Captain, Third 
Regiment, September 26th, 1780; Captain, Second Regiment; 
taken prisoner, February 27th, 1778; exchanged April ist, 
1781 ; resigned; also Captain, militia. 

§ Lloyd, Richard. (Original member.) First Lieutenant, 
Captain Jmlay's company, Third Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, February 7th, 1776; Captain, "Hazen's Regiment" (Sec- 
ond Canadian), Continental Army, September 20th, 1777; dis- 
charged at the close of the war ; Major by brevet. 

Longstreet, Elias. Captain, First Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December i6th, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 29th, 1776; prisoner of war; re- 
tired September 26th, 1780. 

Luce, Henry. First Lieutenant, Captain Shaw's com- 
pany, Second Battalion, First Establishment, December 25th, 
1775; First Lieutenant, Captain Stout's company. Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, 
Second Battalion, ditto, February 5th, 1777; resigned April, 
1779; also Captain, militia. 

* Martin, Absalom. (Original member.) Paymaster, 
Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28tli, 1776; 
Lieutenant, First Regiment, to date February ist, 1779; Lieu- 
tenant and Paymaster, ditto, to date November ist, 1779; Cap- 
tain, First Regiment, January 6th, 1783; discharged at the 
close of the war. 

Martin, Jacob. Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment. 



22 CAPTAINS 

Maxwell, Anthony. Lieutenant, " Spencer's Regiment," 
Continental Army ; Captain, ditto. 

Maxwell, James. First Lieutenant, Captain Scott's com- 
pany, Second Battalion, First Establishment, December 9th, 
1775; First Lieutenant, Captain Shute's company. Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; First 
Lieutenant, Captain Reading's company, ditto, February 5th, 
1777; Captain, ditto; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Mead, Yellis (or Giles). (Original member.) First Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Meeker's company, First Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, December loth, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain 
Conway's company. First Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto, October 29th, 1777; Cap- 
tain, First Regiment, September 26th, 1780; discharged at the 
close of the war. 

Meeker, Joseph. Captain, First Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December 9th, 1775; discharged with battalion. 

Mercer, John. Ensign, Captain Howell's company. First 
Battalion, First Establishment ; First Lieutenant, ditto, No- 
vember 14th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain Morris' com- 
pany, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; Captain, ditto, February 15th, 1777; prisoner of war; ex- 
changed November 6th, 1780; retired September 26th, 1780. 

* I Mitchell, Alexander. (Original member. Dropped from 
Rolls September, 1783.) First Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
Captain Holmes' company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; Cap- 
tain, ditto, November ist, 1777; Captain, First Regiment. Sep- 
tember 26th, 1780; discharged at the close of the war; also 
First Lieutenant, militia. 

Morrison, Isaac. First Lieutenant, Captain M'Mires' 
company, First Battalion, First Establishment, December 15th, 
1775; First Lieutenant, Captain Polhemus' company. First Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, 
ditto; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Mott, John. First Lieutenant, Captain Patterson's com- 
pany, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 



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CAPTAINS 23 

1776; Captain, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, No- 
vember 29th, 1776; retired, September 26th, 1780; also Cap- 
tain, militia. 

Neeley, Abraham. Captain, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army. 

Parkhurst, John. Captain, Continental Army. ' 

Patterson, Thomas. Captain, Third Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, February 9th, 1776; Captain, Third Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired Septem- 
ber 26th, 1780. 

Pemberton, Robert. (Original member.) Lieutenant, 
"Spencer's Regiment," Continental Army, June 14th, 1777; 
Adjutant, ditto, October loth, 1777; Captain, ditto, January 
I St, 1778 ; discharged at the close of the war. 

* Phillips, Jonathan. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Brearley's company, Second Battalion, First 
Establishment, November 20th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Cap- 
tain Shaw's company. Second Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment, November 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Yard's 
company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Captain, ditto, December 
ist, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment, September 26th, 1780; 
discharged at the close of the war; also Captain, militia. 

Piatt, Jacob. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 
M'Mires' company, First Battalion, First Establishment, De- 
cember 15th, 1775; Second Lieutenant, Captain Longstreet's 
company, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
29th, 1776; Adjutant, First Battalion, ditto; Lieutenant and 
Adjutant, First Regiment; Captain-Lieutenant, ditto, to date 
February 2d, 1779; Captain by brevet; Captain, ditto; resigned, 
to date March nth, 1780. 

* Piatt, William. (Original member.) Private, First 
Battalion, Second Establishment; Serjeant, ditto; Lieutenant, 
First Regiment; Captain, ditto, to date March nth, 1780; dis- 
charged at the close of the war. 

Pike, Zebulon. Cornet, " Moylan's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army, March ist, 1777; Adjutant, ditto, November ist. 



24 CAPTAINS 

1777; Lieutenant, ditto, March 15th, 1778; Paymaster, ditto, 
Captain, ditto, December 25th, 1778. 

Potter, Samuel. Captain, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, February 9th, 1776; discharged with battalion. 

Reading, Thomas. Captain, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, February 9th, 1776; discharged with battalion. 

Sandford, John. Captain, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army. 

Sharp, Anthony. Captain, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, February 9th, 1776; discharged with battalion; also. 
Major, militia. 

Shaw, Archibald. Captain, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December 25th, 1775; Captain, Second Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired, February 
5th, 1777. 

Sparks, John. Ensign, Captain Faulkner's company, Sec- 
ond Battalion, First Establishment, November 13th, 1775 ; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, Captain Dillon's company, ditto. May loth, 
1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Lawrie's company. Second 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; First 
Lieutenant, Captain Cumming's company, ditto, February 5th, 
1777; Captain, ditto; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Van Anglen, John. Ensign, Captain Polhemus' com- 
pany, First Battalion, First Establishment ; First Lieutenant, 
ditto, November 22d, 1775; First Lieutenant, Captain How- 
ell's company. First Battalion, Second Establishment, Novem- 
ber 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Wade, Noadiah. Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, February 17th, 1777; retired September 26th, 
1780. 

Weatherby, Benjamin. Captain, "Spencer's Regiment," 
Continental Army, February 23d, 1777; discharged at the close 
of the war. 

Westcott, John. First Lieutenant, Western Artillery, 
Western Company, Artillery, State Troops, March ist, 1776; 
Captain-Lieutenant, ditto; Captain, ditto. Officers of this ar- 



CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANTS 25 

tillery served in General Knox's brigade of artillery during the 
war. 

* Weyman, Abel. (Original member.) Ensign, Fourth 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, Captain Anderson's company, ditto, Febru- 
ary 17th, 1777; First Lieutenant, ditto, November ist, 1777; 
Lieutenant, Second Regiment, September 26th, 1780; Captain- 
Lieutenant, ditto, April i6th, 1780; Captain, ditto, January ist, 
1781 ; discharged at the close of the war; also Ensign, militia. 

Whittall, Benjamin. Second Lieutenant, Western Com- 
pany Artillery, State Troops ; First Lieutenant, ditto ; Captain- 
Lieutenant, ditto. (This artillery assigned to General Knox's 
brigade of artillery.) Captain, Colonel Newcomb's battalion, 
State Troops. 

Wool, Isaiah. Captain, Artillery, Continental Army. 

Yard, Thomas. First Lieutenant, Captain Brearley's 
company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 
20th, 1775; Captain, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Anderson, Augustine. Lieutenant, Continental Army. 

f § Anderson, James. (Original member.) Lieutenant, 
" Hazen's Regiment," (Second Canadian), Continental Army; 
discharged at the close of the war. 

Appleton, Abraham. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Yard's company. Second Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, February 5th, 1777; Ensign, Second Regiment; 
Lieutenant, ditto, to date December ist, 1777; discharged at 
the close of the war; Captain by brevet. (See, also. Surgeons' 
Mates.) 

* Blair, John. (Original member.) Ensign, Fourth Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Ensign, 
Captain Kinsey's company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; Second 
Lieutenant, ditto ; First Lieutenant, Captain Holmes' com- 



26 LIEUTENANTS 

pany, ditto; Lieutenant, Third Regiment, to date December 2d, 
1777; Lieutenant, First Regiment; discharged at the close of 
the war ; Captain by brevet ; also Ensign, militia. 

* Bonham, Absalom. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
1st, 1777; transferred to First Battalion; First Lieutenant, 
ditto, March 27th, 1780; Ensign, First Regiment; Lieutenant, 
ditto, to date March 27th, 1780; discharged at the close of the 
war ; Captain by brevet. 

Brown, John. Private, " Forman's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army; Serjeant, "Spencer's Regiment," Continental 
Army, July 1st, 1777; Lieutenant, Captain Edgar's troop, 
" Sheldon's Regiment, Light Dragoons," Continental Army. 

* Buck, Joseph. (Original member.) Serjeant, Second 
Battalion, Second Establishment; Ensign, Second Regiment, to 
date February ist, 1779; Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1781 ; 
discharged at the close of the war ; Captain by brevet. 

* Burrowes, Eden. (Original member.) Serjeant, First 
Battalion, Second Establishment ; Lieutenant, First Regiment, 
to date January 4th, 1778; discharged at the close of the war; 
Captain by brevet. 

Colyer, Thomas. Lieutenant, Continental Army. 

* Conn, Samuel. (Original member.) Second Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Kinsey's company. Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, February 17th, 1777; Lieutenant, Second Regi- 
ment, to date November 12th, 1777; discharged at the close of 
the war ; Captain by brevet ; also Lieutenant, militia. 

t Giles, James. (Original member.) Adjutant, Artillery, 
Continental Army ; Lieutenant, ditto. 

Gildersleeve, Finch. Lieutenant, " Spencer's Regiment," 
Continental Army. 

* Kersey, William. (Original member.) Private, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment; Private, Captain Ross' com- 
pany. Third Battalion, Second Establishment ; Second Lieuten- 
ant, ditto, November ist, 1777; Ensign, Third Regiment; Lieu- 
tenant, ditto, to date March 30th, 1780; Lieutenant, First Regi- 
ment ; discharged at the close of the war ; Captain by brevet. 



LIEUTENANTS 27 

Kollock, Shepherd. (Original member.) Lieutenant, 
Artillery, Continental Army ; Captain by brevet. 

Lane, Aaron. Ensign, Captain Stout's company, Second 
Battalion, First Establishment, December i8th, 1775 ; Second 
Lieutenant, Captain Yard's company. Second Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Cap- 
tain Anderson's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Lieuten- 
ant, Second Regiment; resigned to date February 3d, 1779. 

Little, Eleazer. Lieutenant, "Baldwin's Regiment of Arti- 
ficers," Continental Army, March 2d, 1777. 

McCollum, John. Lieutenant, Continental Army. 

Meeker, Uzal. Ensign, " Spencer's Regiment," Contir 
nental Army, February loth, 1777; Lieutenant, ditto, Febru- 
ary, loth, 1779; discharged at the close of the war. 

Munn, John. Lieutenant, Continental Army; prisoner of 
war, September, 1780. 

Nash, . Lieutenant, " Patton's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army. 

Neglee, Samuel. Ensign, Captain Howell's company, 
Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 29th, 1775; 
Second Lieutenant, Captain Dillon's company. Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Lieuten- 
ant, Second Regiment; resigned April 8th, 1780. 

Ogden, Barne. Ensign, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army, February 8th, 1777; Lieutenant, ditto, September 
i6th, 1777. 

Oliver, William. Lieutenant, Continental Army. 

Orr, John. Lieutenant, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army, October loth, 1778 ; discharged at the close of 
the war. 

* Osmun, Benajah. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant and Quartermaster, Second Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment, January ist, 1777; resigned; Ensign, Second Regiment, 
to date September 12th, 1778; prisoner of war, April 25th, 
1780; Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1781 ; discharged at the 
close of the war ; Captain by brevet. 

Parkinson, Henry. Lieutenant, Continental Army. 



28 LIEUTENANTS 

Parrit, Silas. Second Lieutenant, First Battalion, Second 
Establishment, January 4th, 1778; Ensign, First Regiment; 
Lieutenant, ditto, November 27th, 1780; discharged at the close 
of the war. 

Patterson, . Lieutenant, " Forman's Regiment," Con- 
tinental Army. 

Paul, James. Private, Second Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment; Ensign, ditto, July ist, 1777; prisoner of war, April 
3d, 1779; Ensign, Second Regiment; Lieutenant, ditto, to date 
April i6th, 1780; discharged at the close of the war. 

* Peck, John. (Original member.) Paymaster, Second 
Battalion, Second Establishment, April 2d, 1778; Paymaster, 
Second Regiment ; resigned as Paymaster, and commissioned 
I^ieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1781 ; discharged at the close 
of the war ; Captain by brevet ; also Captain, militia. 

Reckless, Anthony. (Original member.) Lieutenant, 
" Regiment Sappers and Miners," Continental Army ; dis- 
charged at the close of the war. 

Reed, John. Ensign, First Battalion, Second Establish- 
ment ; Lieutenant, Third Regiment, to date February ist, 1779; 
Lieutenant, First Regiment ; discharged at the close of the 
war; Captain by brevet. 

* Rhea, Jonathan. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 
Anderson's company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, 
January ist, 1777; Second Lieutenant, ditto, April ist, 1778; 
Ensign, Second Regiment; Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1781 ; 
Captain by brevet. 

* Ruecastle, John. (Original member.) Private, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment; Private, Captain Patterson's 
company. Third Battalion, Second Establishment ; Second 
Lieutenant, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
ist, 1777; Ensign, Third Regiment; Lieutenant, ditto, to date 
April 7th, 1779; Lieutenant, First Regiment; discharged at 
the close of the war ; Captain by brevet. 

Rutan, Peter. Lieutenant, " Livingston's Regimei^t," Con- 
tinental Army. 

"*' Seeley, Samuel. (Original member.) Second Lieuten- 



LIEUTENANTS 29 

ant, First Battalion, Second Establishment, October 4th, 1777; 
First Lieutenant, ditto, March nth, 1780; Ensign, First Regi- 
ment; Lieutenant, ditto, to date March nth, 1780; discharged 
at the close of the war ; Captain by brevet. 

Shreve, John. Ensign, Captain Brearley's company, Sec- 
ond Battalion, First Establishment, July 25th, 1776; Ensign, 
Captain Lawrie's company. Second Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, November 29th, 1776; Ensign, Captain Hollinshead's 
company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Second Lieutenant, ditto, 
November ist, 1777; Ensign, Second Regiment; Lieutenant, 
ditto, to date February 3d, 1779; resigned. 

* Shute, Samuel. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 
3-^illon's company. Second Battalion, First Establishment, Au- 
gust 26th, 1776; Ensign, Captain Shute's company. Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Ensign, 
Captain Cumming's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1778; Ensign, Second Regi- 
ment; Lieutenant, ditto, to date April 8th, 1780; discharged at 
the close of the war ; Captain by brevet, 

Sitcher, William. Lieutenant, " Spencer's Regiment," 
Continental Army. 

Smith, Hiram. Private, Continental Army; Serjeant, 
ditto ; Lieutenant, ditto. 

f Snowden, Jonathan. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, First Battalion, Second Establishment, April 26th, 
1777; First Lieutenant, ditto, October 26th, 1779; Ensign, First 
Regiment ; Lieutenant, ditto ; Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier Gen- 
eral Edward Hand, of Pennsylvania ; Lieutenant, commanding 
company, " Lee's Legion," Continental Army ; discharged at 
the close of the war. 

* Stout, Abraham. (Original member.) Serjeant, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 1776; Ensign, 
ditto, October 29th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Stout's 
company. Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
29th. 1776; Ensign, Second Regiment; Lieutenant, ditto, to 
date December ist, 1777; prisoner of war, April 5th, 1778; ex- 



30 LIEUTENANTS, FIRST LIEUTENANTS 

changed December 3d, 1780; discharged at the close of the 
war ; Captain by brevet. 

* Stout, Wessel T. (Original member.) Second Lieu- 
tenant, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
ist, 1777; transferred to Third Battalion; Ensign, Third Regi- 
ment; Lieutenant, ditto, May 12th, 1782; Lieutenant, First 
Regiment; discharged at the close of the war; Captain by 
brevet. 

Taulman, Peter. Lieutenant, " Spencer's Regiment," Con- 
tinental Army. 

Van Cleaf, William. Serjeant, " Service in Canada," 1775 ; 
Lieutenant, September, 1777; also Captain, militia. 

Van Dyke, John. Second Lieutenant, Eastern Company 
Artillery, State Troops, March ist, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
ditto, December 4th, 1776; Captain-Lieutenant, ditto. Offi- 
cers of this artillery served in General Knox's brigade of artil- 
lery during the war. 

* Walker, George. (Original member.) Served as Cap- 
tain in Second Battalion, Second Establishment, as a volun- 
teer without pay; Ensign, Second Regiment, September 26th, 
1780; Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1781 ; discharged at the 
close of the war; Captain by brevet. 

Wilkison, Nathan. Serjeant, Captain Dickerson's com- 
pany. Third Battalion, First Establishment; Serjeant, ditto. 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment; Second Lieutenant 
and Quartermaster, ditto, November ist, 1777; Ensign, Third 
Regiment; Lieutenant, ditto, to date March 7th, 1780; Lieuten- 
ant, First Regiment ; resigned. 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

Bostwick, William. First Lieutenant, Captain Gordon's 
company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
2Qth, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Bowen, Seth. (Original member.) Second Lieutenant, 
Captain Howell's company, Second Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, November 29th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain Yard's 



FIRST LIEUTENANTS 31 

company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 
29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Lawrie's company, ditto, 
February 5th, 1777; declined; also Captain-Lieutenant, 
militia (Western Company of Artillery). 

Carnes, Zophar. First Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; First Lieuten- 
ant, Captain Wade's company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; 
retired September 26th, 1780; also Captain, militia. 

Clark, William. Ensign, Captain Ross' company. Third 
Battalion, First Establishment; Second Lieutenant, ditto, 
October 29th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Ross' com- 
pany, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; First Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1777; wounded at 
the battle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777; discharged — 
wounds. 

Costigin, Lewis J. First Lieutenant, Captain Conway's 
company. First Battalion, First Establishment, November 
2ist, 1775; retired September 17th, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
Captain Baldwin's company. First Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, November 30th, 1776; prisoner of war, November 
13th, 1776; exchanged December iSth, 1778; retired Septem- 
ber 26th, 1780. 

Curtis, Marmaduke. First Lieutenant, Captain Rose- 
crantz's company. Third Battalion, Second Establishment, 
November 29th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780; also Cap- 
tain, militia. 

Duclos, Francis. Ensign, Captain Scott's company. Sec- 
ond Battalion, First Establishment, December 9th, 1775; taken 
prisoner at Three Rivers, June 8th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment; First Lieutenant, Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment; retired September 26th, 
1780. 

Dunham, Stephen. First Lieutenant, Captain Dicker- 
son's company. Third Battalion, First Establishment, Febru- 
ary 7th, 1776; resigned; Ensign, Captain Baldwin's company. 
First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 



32 FIRST LIEUTENANTS 

Edsall, Richard. First Lieutenant, Captain Forman's 
company, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, February 
17th, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780; also Captain, militia. 

Fisher, Hendrick. First Lieutenant, Captain Daniel 
Piatt's compan}', First Battalion, First Establishment, Decem- 
ber i6th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain Piatt's company. 
First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired September i6th, 1780. 

Ford, Mahlon. (Original member.) Second Lieutenant, 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1777; 
First Lieutenant, ditto; retired September 26th, 1780; Captain 
by brevet. 

Fries, Henry, First Lieutenant, Captain Shute's com- 
pany. Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 28th, 
1775 ; missing in action at Three Rivers, June 8th, 1776, 

Harker, . First Lieutenant, Captain Lyon's com- 
pany. Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment ; resigned 
September 26th, 1780. 

Harrison, Isaac. First Lieutenant, Captain Gifford's 
company. Third Battalion, Second Establishment. 

Kemper, Jacob. Ensign, Captain Howell's company. 
First Battalion, First Establishment, April ist, 1776; dis- 
charged with battalion ; First Lieutenant, Captain Winslow's 
company, " Stevens' Regiment of Artillery, " Continental 
Army, November 9th, 1776. 

Little, Theodore. First Lieutenant, Continental Army. 

Martin, John. First Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 28th, 1776; First Lieutenant, 
Captain Bond's company, ditto, Febrviary 17th, 1777; re- 
tired September 26th, 1780; also First Lieutenant, militia. 

Norcross, William. Ensign, Captain Bloomfield's com- 
pany. Third Battalion, First Establishment ; Quartermaster, 
ditto, February loth, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain 
Mott's company. Third Battalion, Second Establishment, No- 
vember 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, ditto; retired September 
26th, 1780. 

Parrot, William. Ensign, Captain Shute's company. Sec- 



FIRST LIEUTENANTS 33 

ond Battalion, First Establishment, November 28th, 1775; 
Second Lieutenant, Captain Shaw's company, Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; First 
Lieutenant, Captain Stout's company, ditto, February 5th, 
1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Patterson, Edward. Ensign, Captain Patterson's com- 
pany. Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 
1776; Second Lieutenant, ditto, October 29th, 1776; Second 
Lieutenant, Captain Patterson's company. Third Battalion, 
Second Establishment; First Lieutenant, ditto. 

Reading, John. Ensign, Captain Reading's company, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment ; Second Lieutenant, 
Captain Doughty 's company. Third Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment ; First Lieutenant, Captain Cox's company, ditto, 
January ist, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Schenck, Curtenius. First Lieutenant, Captain Long- 
street's company. First Battalion, First Establishment, De- 
cember i6th, 1775; First Lieutenant, Captain M'Mires' com- 
pany. First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Smith, Jeremiah. Second Lieutenant, Captain Shute's 
company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 
28th, 1775 ; First Lieutenant, Captain Dillon's company, Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
First Lieutenant, Captain Hollinshead's company, ditto, Feb- 
ruary 5th, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

* Thomas. Edmund D. (Original member.) Private, 
Captain Bloomfield's company. Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment; cadet, ditto; Ensign, Captain Dickerson's company, 
ditto, July 19th, 1776; Ensign, Captain Dickerson's company. 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; First Lieutenant, ditto, November nth, 1777; Lieuten- 
ant, Third Regiment; Captain by brevet; discharged at the 
close of the war. 

Tuttle, David. Second Lieutenant, Captain Dickerson's 
company. Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 
7th, 1776; First Lieutenant, ditto; discharged with battalion. 



34 SECOND LIEUTENANTS 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

Axford, Samuel. Second Lieutenant, Captain Polhemus' 
company, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 
22d, 1775. 

Brackenridge, Samuel. Second Lieutenant, Captain 
Bond's company. Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, 
February 17th, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Brewer, Jonathan. Second Lieutenant, Captain Dicker- 
son's company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, No- 
vember 29th, 1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Brown, Daniel. Second Lieutenant, Captain Morris' 
company, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 
8th, 1775. 

Clark, Aaron. Second Lieutenant, Eastern Company of 
Artillery, State Troops ; Captain, Company of Artillery, Essex. 
Officers of this artillery served in General Knox's brigade of 
artillery during the war. 

Cook, George. Second Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; retired. 

Costigin, Francis. Ensign, Captain Conway's com- 
pany, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 21st, 
1775; Second Lieutenant, Captain M'Mires' company, First 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired 
September 26th, 1780. 

Day, Aaron. Ensign, Captain Cox's company, Third 
Battalion, Second Establishment ; Second Lieutenant, ditto, 
January ist, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Gaulidet, Edgar. Ensign, Captain Imlay's company, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 1776; 
Second Lieutenant, Captain GiflFord's company. Third Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired 
September 26th, 1780. 

Hackett, Samuel. Ensign, Captain Doughty's company, 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Cox's company, ditto; re- 
tired September 26th, 1780. 



SECOND LIEUTENANTS 35 

Holmes, Elisha. Second Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Holmes' company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Johnson, Richard. Second Lieutenant, Captain Howell's 
company, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 
14th, 1775. 

t Kinney, John. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 
Potter's company, Third Battalion, First Establishment, July 
19th, 1776; Ensign, Captain Patterson's company. Third Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Second 
Lieutenant, ditto; retired September 26th, 1780; Captain by 
brevet. 

Lane, Abraham. Ensign, Captain Longstreet's com- 
pany, First Battalion, First Establishment, December i6th, 
1775 ; Second Lieutenant, Captain Baldv^in's company. First 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired 
September 26th, 1780. 

Lawrence, Benjamin. Second Lieutenant, Fourth Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Second 
Lieutenant, Captain Pearson's company, ditto, February 17th, 
1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

* Pennington, William S. (Original member.) Ser- 
jeant, " Lamb's Artillery." (Second Regiment Artillery), 
Continental Army, March 7th, 1777; Second Lieutenant, ditto, 
September 12th, 1778; Captain by brevet. 

Pierson, Daniel, Second Lieutenant, Captain Imlay's 
company. Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 
7th, 1776; discharged with battalion. 

Pipes, John. First Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, Cap- 
tain Wade's company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; retired Sep- 
tember 26th, 1780; also First Lieutenant, militia. 

Quimby, Josiah. Second Lieutenant, Captain Potter's 
company. Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 
1776; discharged with battalion. 

* Reed, John. (Original member.) Ensign, Captain 



36 SECOND LIEUTENANTS 

Lyon's company, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, 
February i/th, 1777; Second Lieutenant, ditto, October 3d, 
1777; retired September 26th, 1780, 

Reynolds, George. Ensign, Captain Shaw's company, 
Second Battalion, First Establishment, December 25th, 1775 ; 
Ensign, Captain Brearley's company. Second Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Second Lieutenant, 
Captain Luce's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; retired 
September 26th, 1780; also Captain, militia. 

Ross, George. Ensign, Captain Meeker's Company, 
First Battalion, First Establishment, December loth, 1775; 
Second Lieutenant, Captain Anderson's company, Second Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment^ Second Lieutenant, Captain 
Reading's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; retired Septem- 
ber 26th, 1780. 

Ryerson, Thomas. Ensign, Captain Brearley's company. 
Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 20th, 1775; 
Second Lieutenant, Captain Scott's company, ditto, July i8th, 
1776; Second Lieutenant, Captain Shute's company. Second 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; pris- 
oner of war; retired February 5th, 1777. 

Shinn, Buddie. Quartermaster, Second Battalion, First 
Establishment, November 27th, 1775; declined; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Captain Rosecrantz's company. Third Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired September 
26th, 1780. 

Sickles, Thomas. Ensign, Captain Polhemus' company. 
First Battalion, First Establishment, November 22d, 1775; 
Second Lieutenant, Captain Piatt's company. First Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired Septem- 
ber 26th, 1780. 

Woodruff, Lewis. Second Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; retired February 
17th, 1777. 

Wright, Nathan. Second Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, 
.Second Establishment ; retired. 



ENSIGNS 37 

ENSIGNS. 

Anderson, William. Ensign, Captain Bond's company. 
Fourth Battalion, Second PIstablishment, February i7tli, 
1777; Ensign, First Regiment, June 21st, 1781 ; discharged at 
the close of the war. 

Axtell, Ebenezer. Ensign, Captain Conway's company, 
P'irst Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Bankson, Andrew. Ensign, Captain Lawrie's company, 
Second Battalion, First Establishment, September 5th, 1776; 
Ensign, Captain Stout's company. Second Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired February 5th, 
1777. 

Beatty, . Ensign, Captain Pearson's company, 

Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, February 17th, 1777; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

* Bishop. John. (Original member.) Serjeant, First 
Battalion, Second Establishment; Ensign, ditto, February ist, 
1779; Ensign, First Regiment; discharged at the close of the 
war. 

Bowne, Peter. Serjeant, Captain Kinsey's company, 
Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment ; Ensign, Captain 
Holmes' company, ditto, February 17th, 1777; retired Septem- 
ber 26th, 1780. 

* Brooks, Almerin, (Original member.) Serjeant, Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment, June 9th, 1777; En- 
sign, ditto, June 17th, 1780; Ensign, Second Regiment; dis- 
charged at the close of the war. 

Brown, David. Ensign, Second Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, March nth, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Carter, William. Ensign, Captain Anderson's company, 
Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; retired February 5th, 1777. 

Catarich, William. Ensign, Captain Gifford's company. 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 



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38 ENSIGNS 



Clunn, Matthew. Ensign, Captain Yard's^ company, 
Second Battalion. Second Establishment, February 5th, 1777; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Cottnam, George. Ensign, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, February 29th, 1776; discharged with battalion. 

Dare, David. Serjeant, Captain Bloomfield's company. 
Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7th, 1776; 
Ensign, Captain Gordon's company. Third Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; retired September 26th, 
1780. 

Dennis, Ezekiel. Ensign, Captain Rosecrantz's company. 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Ewing, George. Ensign, Continental Army. 

* Faulkner, Peter. (Original member.) Private, " Lee's 
Legion," Continental Army; Corporal, ditto, April 6th, 
1778; Serjeant, ditto, January ist, 1779; Ensign, Second Regi- 
ment, to date June 17th, 1780; discharged at the close of the 
war. 

Fithian, Glover. Ensign, Captain Longstreet's company, 
First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Geary, John. Private, First Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, September ist, 1777; Ensign, ditto, February ist, 
1779 ; Ensign, First Regiment ; resigned March 28th, 1783. 

Harbert, Thomas. Ensign, Captain Piatt's company, First 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; re- 
tired September 26th, 1780. 

'* Hopper, John. (Original member.) Ensig'n, Second 
Regiment, June 21st, 1781 ; discharged at the close of the war. 

Howell, James. Ensign, Captain Yard's company. Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired February 5th, 1777. 

* Hyer, Jacob, Jr. (Original member.) Ensign, Second 
Regiment, June 27th, 1781 ; discharged at the close of the war. 

Kerr, William. Ensign, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 



ENSIGNS 39 

tablishment, November 28th, 1776; retired February 17th, 
1777; also Ensign, militia. 

Kinney, Thomas. Private, Third Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment ; Ensign, ditto, July 19th, 1776; discharged with bat- 
talion. 

Ludlam, Jacob. Ensign, Captain M'Mires' company. First 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; re- 
tired September 26th, 1780. 

* Luce, Francis. (Original member.) Private, Second 
Battalion, Second Establishment; Ensign, Second Regiment, 
to date June 17th, 1780; discharged at the close of the war. 

Morris, Jonathan F. Ensign, Captain Morris' company. 
First Battalion, First Establishment, September 14th, 1776. 

Phillips, John. Ensign, Captain Stout's company. Second 
Battalion, Second Establishment, February 5th, 1777; retired 
September 26th, 1780. 

Reed, John. (Original member.) Serjeant, " Spencer's 
Regiment," Continental Army, February ist, 1777; Ensign, 
ditto, May 12th, 1779 ; discharged at the close of the war. 

Reeves, John. Corporal, Captain Bloomfield's company, 
Third Battalion, First Establishment; Serjeant, ditto; Ensign, 
Captain Shaw's company. Second Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment, November 29th, 1776; retired February 5th, 1777. 

Rue, Lewis. Serjeant, Captain Lawrie's company. Sec- 
ond Battalion, First Establishment ; Ensign, Captain Reading's 
company. Second Battalion, Second Establishment, February 
5th, 1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Salmon, Nathaniel. Ensign, Captain Luce's company, 
Second Battalion, Second Establishment, February 5th, 1777; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Scobey, James. Private, Third Battalion, Second Estab- 
lishment ; Ensign, ditto. 

Smith, Thomas. Ensign, Captain Dillon's company. Sec- 
ond Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired February 5th, 1777. 

* Sprowls, Moses. (Original member.) Private, Third 
Battalion, First Establishment ; private. Captain Patterson's 



40 ENSIGNS 

company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment; private, 
First Regiment ; Serjeant, Third Regiment ; Quartermaster 
Serjeant, ditto; Ensign, Second Regiment, June 21st, 1781 ; 
Ensign, First Regiment; discharged at the close of the war. 

Stewart, . Ensign, Captain Kinsey's company, 

Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment ; retired September 
26th, 1780. 

* Suydam, Cornelius R. (Original member.) Ensign, 
First Regiment, May 30th, 1782; discharged at the close of the 
war. 

Thompson, Andrew. Serjeant, Captain M'Mires' com- 
pany, First Battalion, Second Establishment ; Ensign, " Spen- 
cer's Regiment," Continental Army ; also private, militia. 

* Tuttle, William. (Original member.) Private, Third 
Battalion, Second Establishment; Serjeant, ditto, February 
ist, 1779; Serjeant, Captain Anderson's company. Third Regi- 
ment; Ensign, First Regiment, June 21st, 1781 ; discharged at 
the close of the war. 

Van Cleve, William. Ensign, Captain Mott's company, 
Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; 
retired September 26th, 1780. 

Vanderventer, Peter. Ensign, Captain Polhemus' com- 
pany. First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 
1776; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Wood, Clement. Ensign, Captain Wade's company. 
Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, February 17th, 
1777; retired September 26th, 1780. 

Note. — Men were enlisted for a stated period. Officers were nominated hy the 
Provincial Congress and appointed by the Continental Congress. Some declined, some 
resigned, some were discharged with the troops, some were retired, but the great ma- 
jority continued to the end of the war. 

* Signed order of September 23, 1783, on John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster-General 
to the Army of the United States. 

t No record of the deposit of the month's pay. 

J Never deposited the month's pay. 

The one month's pav of Ichabod Burnet deposited by William Burnet, Jr., July, 
1793- 

The one month's pay of Daniel Baldwin lemitted by resolution of the Society on 
account of his serious wounds and liis financial condition. 

II Signed the copy of the Institution of the Cincinnati headed by the signature of 
Washington, written on parchment and now in possession of the General Society. 

§ Signed Counterpart of the Institution mentioned above, and in possession of the 
General Society. 



Roster of the New Jersey Officers of the 
Continental Line, Army of the Revo- 
lution, Who Died in the Service, or 
Before the Society Was Organized 



MAJOR GENERALS. 

Alexander, William (Lord Stirling). Colonel, First Bat- 
talion, First Establishment, November 7th, 1775 ; Brigadier 
General, Continental Army, March nth, 1776; Major General, 
Continental Army, February 19th, 1777; died of gout, at 
Albany, New York, January 15th, 1783, while in command of 
the Northern Department ; taken prisoner at Bushwick, Long 
Island, August 27th, 1776; commanded a division of the Conti- 
nental Army at the battle of Brandywine, corps de reserve at 
Germantown, and left wing of the army at INIonmouth ; twice 
received the thanks of Congress (January 29th, 1776, and Sep- 
tember 24th, 1779) for conspicuous services; death announced 
in Congress, January 28th, 1783. 

LIEUTENANT COLONELS. 

Barber, Francis. Major, Third Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, February 9th, 1776; Lieutenant Colonel, Third Bat- 
talion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel, Third Regiment, to date Januar}^ ist, 1777; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Commandant, ditto, January 6th, 1783; killed 
b}' a falling tree, in camp, at New Windsor, New York, Febru- 
ary nth, 1783; was sub-Inspector General, stafT of General 

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42 MAJORS, ADJUTANTS, SURGEONS 

Steuben, April ist, 1778; Adjutant General to Major General 
Lord Stirling; Adjutant General to General Sullivan; Deputy 
Adjutant to Major General Nathaniel Greene; severely 
wounded at the battle of Monmouth ; wounded at the battle of 
Newtown, and again at the siege of Yorktown. 

MAJORS. 

D'Hart, Maurice. Major and Aid-de-Camp fo Major 
General William Irvine ; Major and Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier 
General Anthony Wayne ; killed at Fort Lee, New Jersey. 

Morris, Joseph. Captain, First Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, November 8th, 1775 ; Captain, First Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, ditto; se- 
verely wounded at the battle of Germantown, October 4th, 
1777; and died January 7th, 1778. 

Piatt, Daniel. Captain, First Battalion, First Establish- 
ment, December i6th, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, First Regiment, 
to date January 4th, 1778; died of disease at camp near Mor- 
ristown, April i6th, 1780. 

Witherspoon, James. Brigade Major, with rank of Major, 
staff of Brigadier General William Maxwell ; killed by can- 
non shot, in the streets of Germantown, October 4th, 1777. 

ADJUTANTS. 

Clough, Alexander. Second Lieutenant, Captain M'Mires' 
company, First Battalion, First Establishment, December 
15th, 1775; Adjutant, First Battalion, First Establishment, to 
date December 15th, 1775; Adjutant, First Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 1776; died in service, Decem- 
ber, 1778. 

SURGEONS. 

Horton, Jonathan. Surgeon in General Hospital ; died 
March, 1780; also Surgeon, militia. 

Howell, Lewis. Surgeon, Second Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, November 28th, 1776; resigned July 5th, 1778. 
(New Jersey Cincinnati record. Died June 29th, 1778.) 



CHAPLAINS, CAPTAINS 43 

CHAPLAINS. 

Caldwell, James. Chaplain, Third Battalion, First Es- 
tablishment, February 9th, 1776; discharged with battalion; 
afterwards Deputy Quartermaster and Assistant Commissary 
General, Continental Army. (See Assistant Quartermaster 
Generals, militia.) Murdered at Elizabethport, New Jersey, 
November 24th, 1781. 

CAPTAINS. 

Anderson, Ephraim. Second Lieutenant, Captain Stout's 
company. Second Battalion, First Establishment, December 
i8th, 1775 ; Adjutant, ditto ; Captain, Second Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 29th, 1776; died in service; also 
Major, militia. 

Dallas, Archibald. Second Lieutenant, Captain Meeker's 
company. First Battalion, First Establishment, December 9, 
1775; Second Lieutenant, Captain Howell's company, First 
Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Cap- 
tain, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment ; Captain, 
" Spencer's Regiment," Continental Army ; killed in action, 
January 28th, 1779; also Captain, militia. 

Faulkner, William. Captain, Second Battalion, First 
Establishment, November 13th, 1775 ; died April 25th, 1776. 

Lawrie, James. Captain, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, November 27th, 1775; Captain, Second Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; taken prisoner; 
died while prisoner of war. 

M'Mires, Andrew. Captain, First Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December 15th, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Sec- 
ond Establishment, November 29th, 1776; killed at the battle 
of Germantown, October 4th, 1777. 

Neil, Daniel. Captain-Lieutenant, Eastern Company of 
Artillery, State Troops, March ist, 1776; Captain, ditto; killed 
at the battle of Princeton, January 3d, 1777. Officers of this 
Artillery served in General Knox's brigade of artillery during 
the war. 



44 CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANTS 

Scott, John B. Captain, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December 9th, 1775 ; died in service. 

Stout, Joseph. Captain, Second Battalion, First Estab- 
lishment, December i8th, 1775; Captain, Second Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; killed at the bat- 
tle of Brandywine, September nth, 1777. 

Voorhies, Peter V. Second Lieutenant, Captain Conway's 
company, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 
29th, 1775; First Lieutenant, ditto, September i8th, 1776; First 
Lieutenant, Captain Longstreet's company, First Battalion, 
Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto, 
November ist, 1777; Captain, First Regiment; taken prisoner 
and murdered by Tories, near New Brunswick, October 26th, 
1779. 

LIEUTENANTS. 

Hays, Thomas. Lieutenant, Continental Army ; died in 
service ; also Lieutenant, militia. 

Hurley, James. Lieutenant, Continental Army ; died in 
service. 

FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 

Jenkins, Nathaniel. Second Lieutenant, Captain Cum- 
ming's company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, 
February 5th, 1777; First Lieutenant, ditto, January ist, 1778; 
Ensign, Second Regiment; died April 5th, 1779. 

Peck, Constant. First Lieutenant, Third Battalion, First 
Establishment, February 24th, 1776; died April 9th, 1776. 

SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 

Ashman, James. Second Lieutenant. Captain Lawrie's 
company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 
27th, 1775; died September nth, 1776. 

Higgins, John. Second Lieutenant, Captain Scott's com- 
pany, Second Battalion. First Establishment, December 9th, 
1775; died July 12th, 1776. 



ENSIGNS 45 

ENSIGNS. 

Hurley, Martin. Private, Captain M'Mires' company. 
First Battalion, First Establishment; Serjeant, ditto, Decem- 
ber 25th, 1775 ; Ensign, First Battalion, Second Establishment; 
killed at the battle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777. 

McFarland, George. Ensign, Fourth Battalion, Second 
Establishment, November 28th, 1776; died December, 1776; 
also Ensign, militia. 

Ogden, ]\Ioses. Private, " Spencer's Regiment," Conti- 
nental Army; Serjeant, ditto, October ist, 1777; Ensign, ditto, 
May I2th, 1779; killed. 

Rodgers, James. Serjeant, Fourth Battalion, Second Es- 
tablishment, March ist, 1777; Ensign, Third Regiment, to 
date February ist, 1779; killed in action at Springfield, New 
Jersey, August 24th, 1780. 

Sprowls, James. Ensign, Captain Bond's company, Fourth 
Battalion, Second Establishment; died June 26th, 1777. 




Copy of Warrant Signed at Princeton, N. J., September 

23rd. 1783 



To John Pierce, Esqr., 

Pay Master Genl, to the Army of the U. States. 
Sir : — 

Please to pay Major Rich.d Cox, Treasurer of the N. J. State Asso- 
ciation of tlie Cincinnati, or his order one months pay of our several 
grades respectively, and deduct the same from the ballance which shall 
be found due us at the final liquidation of our accounts, for which this 
shall be your warrant. 



Elias Dayton, B, Genl 

Rich.d Cox Major 

Alex.r Mitchell Capt. 

John Holmes Capt, 

Samuel Hendry Capt 

Jonathan Dayton Capt 

Aaron Ogdon Capt 

Able Weyman Capt 

Jeremiah Ballard Capt 

Jonathan Holmes Capt 

Nath,l Leonard Capt 

Cyrus D. Hart Capt 

Ebenr Elmer Surgeon 

Jacol) Harris Surgeon 

Moses G. Elmer Surg,n Mate 

Wm Pennington Lieut 2nd Reg,t 

Artillery 
Luther Halsey Lieut 
Ab,m Appleton Lieut 
Edmund D. Thomas Lieut 
Benajah Osman Lieut 
Joseph Buck Lieut 
Sam.l M. Shute Lt. 
Sam.l Seely Lt. 
Sam.l Conn Lt. 
John Rucastle Lt. 
George Walker Lt. 
Absalom Bonham Lt. 
Will.m Kersey Lt. 
Eph,m Whitlock Lt. 
Eden Burrows Lt 
Wessel T. Stout Lt 
John Reed Lt 
John Blair Lt 
John Bishop Ens.n 



Moses Sproul do 

Wm Tuttle do 

Wm Shute do 

Almarine Brooks do 

Israel Shreeve Col. 

Jno N. Gumming Lt. Col. Com, dr. 

Nath.l Bowman Major 2nd Reg.t 

Jno Burrows Major Col. Spencers 

Derrick Lane Capt 2nd Reg,t 

Wm Helms Capt 2nd do 

Jno Peck Lt do 

Jabez Campfield Surg.n Dragoons 

Jeremiah Bruen Major of Artificers 

Abram Stout Late Lt 2nd, Reg,t 

John Heard Capt P. L. D. 

Jon,h Forman Lt Col. 

Wm Barton Capt 

M. Ogden Col. 

Jonathan Phillips Late Capt 

Jonathan Rhea Lieut 

Wm Piatt Capt 

Sam.l Reading Major 

James Heard Capt P Legion 

F, Luce Ensign 

Jacob Hyer Ensign 

Abraham Kinney Lt 2nd Regt 

Dragoons 
Oliver Spencer Colonel 
Cap D Hart 
Capt Howell 
Capt Morton 
Peter Faulkner Ens.r 
Jno Hooper do 
C. R. Suydam do 



46 



Copy of Richard Cox, Treasurers Account With John Pierce, 
Esq., Pay-master to the Army of the United States 

Dr. John Pierce Esq,r Pay Master GenlJ 

To the Treasurer of the Cincinnati Society of N. Jersey 





To 


B Genl Dayton order in 


favor of society for 


120. 




To 


Major Rich,d Cox 




do 


SO. 




To 


Capt Alex Mitchell 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt John Holmes 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Samuel Hendry 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Jonathan Dayton 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Aaron Ogden 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Able Weyman 




do 


40. 




To Capt Jeremiah Ballard 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Jonathan Holmes 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Nath,l Leonard 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Cyrus D Hart 




do 


40. 




To 


Lieut Luther Halsey 




do 


26.60 




To 


Lieut Abram Appleton 




do 


26.60 




To 


Edmund D. Thomas 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Benajah Osman 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Joseph Buck 




do 


26.60 




To 


Sam.l Shute 




do 


26.60 




To 


Sam.l Seely 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Sam,l Conn 




do 


26.60 




To 


— John Rucastle 




do 


26.60 




To 


— George Walker 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Absolem Bonham 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Wm Kersey 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Ephraim Whitlock 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Eden Burrows 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Wessel Stout 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Jno Reed 




do 


26.60 




To 


— Jno Blair 




do 


26.60 




To 


Ensign Jno Bishop 




do 


20. 




To 


— Moses Sproul 




do 


20. 




To 


— William Tuttle 




do 


20. 




To 


— Wm Shute 




do 


20 




To 


— Almarine Brooks 




do 


20 




To Eben.r Elmer Surgeon 




do 






To 


Jacob Harris do 




do 




Reed none 


To 


Moses G. Elmer Mate 




do 






To 


Wm. Pennington Lieut 


Artillery 


do 


33-30 




To 


Col Israel Shreve 




do 


75- 




To 


Lt Col Com, dr Jno N Cummings 


do 


75. 




To 


Major Nath,l Bowman 




do 


SO. 




To 


Major Jno Burrows 




do 


SO. 




To Capt Derrick Lane 




do 


40. 




To 


— Wm Helmes 




do 


40. 




To 


Lieut Jno Peck 




do 


26.60 


Reed none 


To Jabez Campfield Surgeon Dragoons 


do 




Reed none 


To Jeremiah Bruen Major 


of Artificers 


do 






To 


Lieut Abram Stout 




do 


26.60 




To Jno Heard Capt P. Lig 


ht Dragoons 


do 


50. 




To 


Lieut Col Jonathan Forman 


do 


60 




To 


Capt Wm Barton 




do 


40. 




To 


Col. Matthias Ogden 




do 


75 




To Capt Jonathan Phillips 




do 


40. 




To 


Jonathan Rhea Lieut 




do 


26.60 




To 


Capt Wm Piatt 




do 


40. 




To 


Major Sam,l Reading 




do 


SO. 




To Capt James Heard P. Legion 


do 


SO. 




To 


Ensign Francis Luce 




do 


20. 




To 


— Jacob Hyer 




do 


20, 


Reed none 


To 


Abram Kinney Lt Lt. 


Dragoons 


do 






To 


Col Oliver Spencer 




do 


75. 




To 


Capt Jno Howell 




do 


40. 




To 


Capt Absolem Martin 




do 


40. 




To 


Ensign Peter Faulkner 




do 


20. 




To 


— Jno Hopper 




do 


20. 




To 


— Cornelius R. Sydam 




do 


20. 



47 



A List of the Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, in 

the State of New Jersey, Made by Richard Cox, 

Treasurer, July, 1788 



No. Names 

I Elias Dayton 

Matthias Ogden 

David Forman 

Israel Shreve 
5 Oliver Spencer 

John Noble Gumming 

David Brearly 

Jonathan Forman 

"Richard Howell 
lo Joseph Bloomtield f 

John Ross 

John Burrows 

John Hollinshead f 

Samuel Reading 
15 Richard Cox 

Nathaniel Donnall 
Dead t Nathanial Bowman 

Jeremiah Bruen 

Richard Lloyd t 
20 John Heard 
James Heard 
Jeremiah Ballard 

Giles Mead 

t Alexander Mitchell 

25 William Helmes 

John Holmes 

Aaron Ogden 

Samuel Hendry 

William Piatt 
30 Jonathan Dayton 

Jonathan Holmes 

Cyrus D. Hart 
Nathaniel Leonard 
John Howell 
35 William Barton 
Absolom Martin 
Derick Lane 

John Polhemus 
Jonathan Phillips 

40 Jacob Piatt f 
Luther Halsey 
Edmond D. Thomas 
Abraham Appleton 
John Blair 

45 Ephraim Whitlock 
Eden Burrows 
John Reed 
John Ruecastle 
Samuel Seely 
50 Absolom Bonham 



Rank 
Brig. Genl 



Colonel 



Lieut. Colonel 



Remarks 



Major 



Captain 
Captain 



Major 



Capt 
Capt 
Capt 
Capt 
Capt 



Captain 



Deposited no pay 



Deposited no pay 



Never met the Society 
Never met the Society 
Deposited no pay 
Ditto 



Never met the Society 

— not to be paid 



Never met the Society. 

Capt. 
Ditto Capt. 

Capt. 



Never met the Society 
Removed to the State 

of New York 



Deposited no pay 



Removed out of the State 

* Never met the Society 
Removed out of the State 

♦Removed out of the State 

* Never met the Society 
Never met the Society 



48 



No. Names 

William Kersey 

Samuel M. Shute 

Jonathan Rhea 

John Peck 
55 Banajah Osman 

Joseph Buck 

Wessel Tenbrook Stout 

William Pennington 

ChilHon Ford 
60 Jonathan Snowden 

James Anderson 

James Bonnell 

Robert Pemberton 

Seth Bowen 
65 Eli Elmer 

John Shreve* 

Anthony Reckless 

George Walker 

Abraham Kinney 
70 John Bishop 

William Shute 

Peter Faulkner 

Almarine Brooks 

Francis Luce 
75 Moses Sprowls 

William Tuttle 

John Hopper 

Jacob Hyer 

Cornelius R. Sydam 
80 John Read 

Ephraim Darby 

Rev. Andrew Hunter 

Lewis Dunham 

Jazeb Campfield 
85 George Campble 

Ebenezar Elmer 

Jacob Harris 

John Conway 

Elias Boudinott, Esq. 
90 Thomas Henderson, Esq. 

Robert Lettis Hooper, Esq 

John Beaty, Esq. Co 

Able Weyman 

Samuel Conn 
95 Abraham Stout 

Frederick Frelinghuysen, Esq 

Daniel Baldwin 

Moses Elmer 

William Burnet 
100 James F. Armstrong 

James Giles 

Ebenezar Stockton 



Rank 

Captain 

Lieut. 



Capt. Lieut. 
Captain 

Lieut. 
Capt. Lieut. 

Lieut. 



Ensign 



Lieut. 
Chaplain 
Surgeon 



Lieut. Col. 
Honoary 



Remarks 

Removed out of the State 

Never met the Society 



Deposited no pay 

Ditto 
Never met the Society 

Ditto 

Ditto 

* Never met the Society 

or deposited any pay 

* Ditto Never met the 

Society 
Removed out of the State 

* Ditto Deposited no pay 
Never met the Society 

Never met the Society 



* Never met the Society 



Never met the Society 
Never met the Society 



Never met the Society 



Ditto 



Ent. this State 

Society 5th July i/ 



mm. of Prisoners 

Capt Dead 



Lieut. 

Honoary 

Capt 

Surg. Mate 

Surgeon 

Chaplain 

Capt. Lieut. 

Surgeon 



Never met the Society 



* Pen drawn through this where underlined. 

t July 6, 1791, the Treasurer in his account charges himself as follows, to wit: 
To cash received of Major Bloomfield for four years' interest which he received on a 
certificate deposited for one month's pay, $12. 

t The one month's pay of John Hollinshead, deposited 1789. 

■f Ditto. Richard Lloyd, deposited 1796 by his successor, Wil- 

liam Lloyd. 

t Ditto. Jacob Piatt, deposited 1789. 

1 Alexander Mitchell dropped from roll September, 1783. 

t These marks preceding names appear so on list in writing of Richard Cox. 



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